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                        what the heck is that?

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        what the heck is that?
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:06 AM




                        Ok guys so I was looking at this pic and I saw something kind of disturbing...... what the heck is the WSO holding up in the back. You can clearly see his hand in the lower portion of the cockpit and its definitely not the pilots.......did he chop off someone's arm as a trophy or what is going on? You guys see it? Its not his other arm cuz you can see that on the left side of the cockpit and like I said its not the pilot cuz both his arms are down and sides they would not bend at that angle anyway. Wierd.........



                        Kick the tires and light the fires!

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                        Dre
                        • Member since
                          June 2007
                        • From: here, not over there
                        Posted by Dre on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:50 AM

                        Maybe a weird angle of the WSO's arm as he shoots a "selfie"?

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                        Cdn Colin
                        • Member since
                          January 2012
                        • From: Barrie, Ontario
                        Posted by Cdn Colin on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:53 AM

                        I bet there's an "Oh, poo!", handle there.

                        I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.

                        Have fun.

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                        Fly-n-hi
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        • From: Phoenix, AZ
                        Posted by Fly-n-hi on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:57 AM

                        The curved canopy might be causing some distortion in the way the back seater's arm looks.  That's my guess, anyway.

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                        CN Spots
                        • Member since
                          February 2014
                        • From: N. MS
                        Posted by CN Spots on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 1:06 PM

                        No grip there. Here's a similar view, different crew/plane.

                        upload.wikimedia.org/.../F-15E-cockpit-view-tanker.jpg

                        I rezzed it up and zoomed in on it in photoshop and he is definitely holding something and from what I can see of his face, he thinks it's pretty funny.  Probably some gag he came up with to give the tanker guys a chuckle.

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 1:25 PM
                        @ CN Spots. I agree. Its probably a gag that he is pulling just to mess with the tanker guys or whoever is taking the shot. Like you said you can clearly see his own hand in the gray flight glove holding onto whatever the hell that is. Its not a felection or refraction of his own arm, you gotta look close and you can see HIS hand at the base of what he is holding. Go figure. Cant imagine where he would stash it though as the cockpit is already small and cramped as it is.

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 1:42 PM




                        another view zoomed in. Sorry the quality is so low but here you can see that he is holding something. You can see his fingers in the grey flight glove at the base of im assuming a forearm.......being a fighter pilot isnt all work abd no play after all.

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                        Melgyver
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Lafayette, LA
                        Posted by Melgyver on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 5:22 PM

                        Looks like "ET's" arm!

                        Clear Left!

                        Mel

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                        mississippivol
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
                        Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:13 PM

                        Turkey leg (or I'm just hungry)

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                        jgeratic
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                          April 2006
                        • From: ON, Canada
                        Posted by jgeratic on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 11:28 PM

                        Yoda's gimer stick?

                        regards,

                        Jack

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Thursday, June 5, 2014 2:58 AM
                        Your guys guesses are as good as mine.......im gonna say its a forearm from an insurgent.

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                        pilot47
                        • Member since
                          January 2010
                        • From: Calgary, Canada
                        Posted by pilot47 on Thursday, June 5, 2014 5:59 AM

                        Rubber Chicken?

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                        Sprue-ce Goose
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
                        Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Thursday, June 5, 2014 6:03 AM

                        mississippivol

                        Turkey leg (or I'm just hungry)

                        I'm especially hungry for a turkey leg right now...................but I'll guess maybe the arm of one of those Russians in the movie Top Gun............Whistling
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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Thursday, June 5, 2014 9:36 PM
                        All this talk of chicken and turkey makes me hungry........and it makes the mystery object look more and more like one.....

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:24 PM

                        Reaper420
                        Your guys guesses are as good as mine.......im gonna say its a forearm from an insurgent.

                        I seriously doubt that... The Air Force keeps their expensive fighter planes as far as they can from where bad guys on the ground are and still be within range to drop bombs from up high... And there are lots of folks watching out for human war trophies a la Vietnam. Times have changed.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Friday, June 6, 2014 12:43 AM
                        @stikpusher LOL I know stik. I was just being a smart ass.

                        Kick the tires and light the fires!

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Friday, June 6, 2014 12:48 AM

                        Reaper420
                        @stikpusher LOL I know stik. I was just being a smart ass.

                        Wink I stand corrected...Whistling

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        bvallot
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        Posted by bvallot on Friday, June 6, 2014 9:11 AM

                        Guys.  Guys.  That obviously came out of somebody's top dresser drawer! Just saying....

                        `=X  

                        =P

                        On the bench:  

                        Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

                         

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                        Reaper420
                        • Member since
                          June 2013
                        • From: Bay Area, CA
                        Posted by Reaper420 on Friday, June 6, 2014 2:09 PM
                        @bvallot LOL it very well could be.........I guess we will never be quite sure as to what it is. Im sticking with a Halloween prop, you know a rubber hand that you put in the dirt to look like a zombie is coming out of a grave.

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